Bill and JD win gold with the Rollers
Monday, 25th May, 2009
The Rollers trounced the United States 69-48 to win Gold at the Paralympic World Cup in Manchester last night. WheelKings Bill Latham and Jeremy Doyle got plenty of court time and played well throughout the tournament.
JD averaged 20 minutes across the 5 games and provided consistently solid defence along with his complimentary offensive role. Bill's best game came in the final pool round against the USA where he scored 16 points on 8 of 9 shooting, and pulled in 13 rebounds in just 25 minutes. He followed up with 8 points and 8 boards in 19 minutes against the USA in the final.
Box scores and reports on all the Rollers matches can be found on Basketball Australia's website at
Results and boxscores for all matches http://www.btparalympicworldcup.com/2009/results/basketball/index.php
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